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thermos

[thur-muhs] / ˈθɜr məs /
NOUN
canteen
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NOUN
thermos bottle
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Add coffee, whether that’s hot in a thermos, iced in a travel mug or purchased from a nearby café on the way to the park, and you’re done.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

In the 1960s and 1970s, he would be up before the sun to pack a thermos of coffee and a camp lunch in one saddle bag and an acrid, tar-like screwworm killer in the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

At regular intervals, he poured himself a cup of steaming hot chai from his thermos.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

“I like to carry a small thermos with hot tea,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Dylan tosses the thermos at me like it’s a grenade and we pass it back and forth before I finally throw it in my backpack.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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